Clare High Plans Student Council Convention
The Clare High School Student Council is organizing a convention for nearby schools with about ten institutions likely to participate. Delegates previously attended similar events in Mt Pleasant and Gladwin to share ideas and strengthen student governance. A second project will start next semester a schoolwide homeroom scholarship contest awarding points for report card grades and a trophy to the top room.
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Clare High School
Kennedy
Mt. Pleasant
Gladwin
Twenty Six Books Added to Library
During Christmas vacation ten new books were selected for our school library making a total of twenty six added this school year. The Board of Education pays for the books and they will be catalogued and ready for circulation soon. Titles include Old Judge Priest, The Mysterious Island, Mary Marie, The Heart of the Hills, Giants in the Earth, Still Jim, The Story of the Bible and several biographies including John Paul Jones and Daniel Boone Wilderness Scout. Franklin D Roosevelt is featured in a biography, Roosevelt a Study of Fortune and Power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Irvin S. Cobb
Jules Verne
Eleanor H. Porter
David
John Fox, Jr
Kingdom Come
Dakota Prarie
Earth
Oo. EK. Ralvoog
Jim
Honori Marrow
Hendrick van Loon
John Paul Ones
James Otis
Stewart White
Daniel Boone
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Emil Ludwig
Why Not Vaccinate Tri County Health Unit Activities
Dr H M Page of Portland Oregon describes a vaccination technique to remove objections in the community. An area on the inner upper arm is cleansed and a vaccine drop is applied with six to eight tiny punctures. No blood is drawn, no dressing, no lymph node swelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Jenner
Glocestershire
China
India
Turkey
Jenner
Detroit
H. M. Page
Portland
Oregon
Local Church Services And Community Notes In Rosebush
Rosebush Methodist and Center Methodist churches schedule morning services and Sunday school with Epworth League in the evening. Absent residents and visiting relatives populate a series of short notices about local families O Sullivan Mosher Thompson Bullard and Coughlin names appear with moves jobs medical updates and measles recovery.
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Center Methodist Church
Epworth League
Community Club elects officers at annual meeting
The Community Club held its annual election meeting with Mrs. Sam Muir Thursday. Officers elected were President Mrs. B. A. Stanley vice president Mrs. Raymond Scott secretary Mrs. Aaron Irwin and treasurer Mrs. O. C. Sommerville. George Scott joined Freeman Oil Company colleagues for a Lansing business trip on Monday.
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Sam Muir
B. A. Stanley
Raymond Scott
Aaron Irwin
O. C. Sommerville
George Scott
Freeman Oil Company
Lansing
Lake News Parish church events and local visits
In Grange Hall Sunday School meets 10 30 a m led by Supt P 4 Oman with classes for all ages and preaching at 7 30 p m by Rev I W Wyrick. Cottage prayer meets Tuesday evenings. Local residents made visits including Mrs George Scott with Mr Sam Muir to Mr and Mrs Fred Smalley. Virginia Cornell moved to Traverse City to stay with her sister. residents visited relatives in Ewart Big Rapids Mt Pleasant and other towns.
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Edward Merilat
Square Deal Electric Company
Eva Bullard
Midland
Claude Bullard
Frank Coughlin
Robert Q O’ Sullivan
Pleasant
John Donald
Stavely
Patrick Battle
Henry Shiraer
James Harris
Howard City
Grand Rapids
Det. Mathews
Wisconsin
Steve Zemko
Detroit
Tommy Tellefsen
Grange Hall
Oman
I. W. Wyrick
Jesus
George Scott
Sam Muir
Fred Smalley
Clare
Virginia Cornell
Traverse
City
Louis Rogers
Millard Scott
Myrl Scott
Ewart
Steve Watking
Big Rapids
McCon
Louisi Ang
Win Scott
Ray
Neeper
Florida
California
Will
Aaron Irwin, Jr
Sam Hindman
J. Higiémire
Lake, George
Tryon
Raymond, Scott
William Mahan
Wage Hour Law Aims to End Low Wages and Long Hours
This article introduces the Fair Labor Standards Act in cooperation with the Wage and Hour Division. It notes that before October 24 1938 workers earned as little as five to seven dollars for 50 to 60 hour weeks and explains key provisions including minimum wages, overtime, and child labor restrictions with contact details for the Wage and Hour Division in Detroit.
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U. S. Department of Labor
United States
Congress
Federal Building
Detroit
Loomis Social Visits Reach Nearby Homes
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Tice and children Mary Alice and David hosted and visited several neighbors in Averill Loomis and Vernon. Archie MacDonald Jr from Mt Pleasant spent the weekend with Loomis relatives. multiple visits to the Bergey, Bollebacher, Seymour and Burton households are listed with names and kin.
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Warren Tice
Mary Alice
David
Kenneth Bollettbacher
Averill
Archie MacDonald, Jr
Mt. Pleasant
Archie MacDonald
Loomis
Fred Seymour
Bert Bergey
Mary Alice Tice
David Seymour
Alma
J. W. Teale
Frank Musser
Frances
Johnny
Carl
Bergey
Florence Dehmel
Flint
B. Bergey
Ford Seymour
May Alice
Gene Burton
Warren Tee
Adn
Clarence Tice
Vernon
Kenneth. Bollebacher
Carolyn Fay
More Tourists Use State Forest Camp Grounds
The Michigan Conservation Department reports a 33 percent rise in state forest campground use in 1940 from 1939. A total of 32,848 registrations were recorded at 56 sites across 12 northern forests and the Allegan addition, with visitors from 36 states plus Alaska Canada and Mexico.
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Michigan
Conservation Department
Forestry Divison
Divison
New Allegan State Forest
Allegan
Alaska
Canada
Mexico
Mt Vernon Grange Plans Biweekly Meetings And Socials
The Mt Vernon Grange met with few members and voted to try biweekly meetings. The next gathering is January 27 with a pot luck and birthday supper for members born in January. Isabella Pomona Grange met January 8 and set February 12 at the Mt Vernon Grange hall with an oyster supper.
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MT. Vernon Grange
Isabella Pomona Grange
Mt. Vernon Grange Hall
Tom Wing
Fred Irwin
J. Archambault
Cadillac
Jennings Archambault
Hart Beatty
State Farm Insurance Company
Union
Michigan State College
Leo Smith
Mrs
Ralph Brown
Hypothetical Planets Melted Compare to Sun Weight
The thought experiment posits nine planets including Earth, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn, Pluto, Uranus and Versus melted into one. It would take 700 of these super planets to equal the sun’s weight.
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Earth
Jupiter
Mars
Mercury
Neptune
Saturn
Pluto
Weighing Gold and Silver Dollars in Early Standards
A 1000 dollar gold coin weighs about 3.7 pounds while a thousand dollars in standard silver dollars weighs 68.0 pounds as described in the period notation on monetary weights.
1941 Agricultural Prices Will Make Farmers Smile
Michigan farmers can wear smiles of optimism as a digest from R. V. Gunn, agricultural economist at Michigan State College, projects higher prices in 1941 for hogs, lambs, dairy and other markets. The forecast suggests favorable conditions for the coming year.
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Michigan
R. V. Gunn
Michigan State College
Gunn
United States
Guim
New Dairy Byproducts Create Versatile Potato Skim Mixtures
U S Bureau of Dairy Industry scientists developed a new food article from surplus skim milk and potatoes. The mix forms wafers chips sticks or croutons with salt, baked to crispness and fat free, storable without rancidity, usable with soups and light luncheons similar to crackers.
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U. S. Bureau of Dairy Industry
Tortoise Shell From Hawkbill Turtle
The article notes that tortoise shell is sourced from the hawkbill turtle, outlining the material's origin and a limited, specific animal source involved in its creation.
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Mrs. Uppington
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Betty Grable
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Jack Oakie
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Esther Ralston
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Lew Ayres
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Laraine Day
Robert Young
Johnny Messner
Rover
Fred Astaire
Paulette Goddard
Artie Shaw and His Band
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Tri- County Health Unit
R. Lanting
M.D
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Lake News
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